Over the years, the story of Qu’s demise transformed into the traditions of racing dragon boats and eating zongzi – a kind of rice wrapped in bamboo leaves. The races have certainly captured the imagination of people from all over the world. Every spring there are nearly 60 dragon boat races held outside of China in cities from Vancouver to Sydney, from Gdańsk, Poland to Cape Town, South Africa. Canada alone has nearly 50 dragon boat teams and Germany has nearly 30.

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　　多年來，屈原逝世的故事演變成了賽龍舟和吃粽子的傳統--一種用竹葉包起來的米飯。種族當然吸引了來自世界各地的人們的想象力。每年春天有將近60場龍舟賽在中國舉行的城市從溫哥華到悉尼，從波蘭到開普敦ńGDA的SK，南非。僅加拿大就有近50支龍舟隊，而德國隊有近30支。